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Mannose-binding lectin and infection following allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Feb 2004
Mullighan Charles G, Bardy Peter G
Abstract excerpt
Major infection remains a major barrier to the success of allogeneic hemopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). There is growing interest in the importance of innate immunity in host defense, particularly when adaptive immunity is compromised. Furthermore, many host defense genes are polymorphic, and immunogenetic factors are known to influence the risk of other transplant complications, such as...
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